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1、转自独行者的博客地址：http://alonewalker.blog.sohu.com/Inthisessay,IintendtoreviewtheshortstoryofToBuildaFirebyJackLondoninthreeaspects:thesetting,thecharactersandmythoughtaboutthethemeofthisnovel.Sincethemainpurposeistopresentmythoughtaboutthethemeofthestory,Ihavenointentioninwastingalotofwordsonth
2、euselesssummaryofthenoveldownloadedformtheInternet.Besides,discussionabouttheauthorJackLondonisalsoskimmed,althoughitmaybeusefulintheunderstandingofthisnovel.Instead,thebackgroundandcharactersistalkedaboutfirst,which,Ithink,isimportantandhelpfultounderstandthisnovelThenmyviewpointaboutthe
3、themeisnaturallyconcluded.Here,IshouldmentionthatsomeessaysandanalysesaboutToBuildaFireinthenethavebeenreadbeforeIwrotethisessay.1Thesetting,thepsychologicaltimeorplaceinastoryWhatimpressesmemost,whenIreadthisnovelinthefirsttime,isthevividdescriptionoftheenvironmentbytheauthor.“TheYukonla
4、yamilewideandhiddenunderthreefeetofice.Ontopofthisicewereasmanyfeetofsnow.Itwasallpurewhite,rollingingentleundulationswheretheice-jamsofthefreeze-uphadformed.Northandsouth,asfarashiseyecouldsee,itwasunbrokenwhite,saveforadarkhair-linethatcurvedandtwistedfromaroundthespruce-coveredislandto
5、thesouth,andthatcurvedandtwistedawayintothenorth,whereitdisappearedbehindanotherspruce-coveredisland.”Thesewordspresentmea“dimandlittle-traveled”land,extremecold,whiteandwithnosignoflife.AsaboyfromsoutheastChina,Ihadnoexperiencesandevenimaginationsofextremecold.Similartothetraveler,“thetr
6、emendouscold,andthestrangenessandweirdnessofitall--madenoimpressionon”me.However,Iwasquicklyshockedbytheideaofextremecoldconveyedbytheauthorinthefollowingdialogue,“Itdidnotleadhimtomeditateuponhisfrailtyasacreatureoftemperature,anduponman'sfrailtyingeneral,ableonlytolivewithincertainnarro
7、wlimitsofheatandcold;andfromthereonitdidnotleadhimtotheconjecturalfieldofimmortalityandman'splaceintheuniverse.”Thisisadescriptionoftheextremecoldfromanotherperspective(themeditationofauthor),indicatingthattheenvironmentissocoldandhardthatmandoesn’tbelongit.Furtherm
